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This best-selling, illustrated survey of Western architecture is now fully revised throughout, explaining the structure, function, history, and meaning of architecture in a way that is both accessible and engaging. The long-awaited second edition includes: new coverage on Postmodernism and its relationship to the Modernist era; a reorganization of Mesopotamian and Prehistoric architecture based on thematic lines of development; an expanded chapter on Medieval architecture, including developments from the end of the Roman Empire to the Renaissance; and an expanded art program that includes over 500 images in black and white and color. Understanding Architecture continues to be the only text in the field to examine architecture as a cultural phenomenon as well as an artistic and technological achievement with its straightforward, two-part structure: (1) The Elements of Architecture and (2) The History and Meaning of Architecture. Comprehensive, clearly written, affordable, and accessible, Understanding Architecture is a classic survey of Western architecture.
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- PublisherCraftsman House
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 9768097655
- ISBN 13 9789768097651
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages542
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Understanding Architecture: Its Elements, History and Meaning
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Craftsman House, East Roseville, New South Wales
(1994)
ISBN 10: 9768097655
ISBN 13: 9789768097651
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Book Description Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Photographic and Illustrations (illustrator). First Edition. list of maps, list of illustrations, preface by author glossary and index. The text is illustrated with copious black-and-white photographs and illustrations and architectural plans. 1/4 blue coloured cloth covered back strip with gilt coloured titles. 3/4 light blue coloured boards. Illustrated dustwrapper with dark blue coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. "This clearly written, fully illustrated survey of Western architecture defines and explains structure, function, history, and meaning. Architecture is examined as a cultural phenomenon as well as an artistic and technological achievement. Softening of the back strip edges and rubbing to the lower book edges. Faint foxing to the text block edges and to the endpapers. Rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels with fading to the back strip. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [7], VIII - XXXI, [3] 542 pages, Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Architecture; ISBN: 9768097655. ISBN/EAN: 9789768097651. Inventory No: 0120201. Hardcover (1/4 Cloth 3/4 Boards). Seller Inventory # 0120201
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